Chinese banks gird for WTO

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China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China and others are moving ahead with efforts to actually provide customer service in an effort to attract customers, thanks largely to the entrance of China into the World Trade Organization. Membership in WTO could open China's banking sector to competitors such as HSBC and Citibank. The modernization of the banking sector, could, in turn, revolutionize China's entire economy, by giving entrepreneurs access to capital, or could, on the other hand, lead to bank failures that would require massive government bailouts.

China, Government regulation, Services information, Services, China Construction Bank Corp., Agricultural Bank of China

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Lack of controls at Daiwa is problem common among other banks, critics say

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Daiwa Bank Ltd. admitted that mismanagement and lack of controls were responsible for the loss of $1.1 billion from the bank's funds through fraudulent trades conducted by its trader, Toshihide Iguchi. However, they argued that Daiwa's case was an isolated incident, but critics of Japanese banks think otherwise. They believe that lack of controls due to absence of a risk management system is a common problem among Japanese banks and says that the incident can also happen to other banks.

Cases, Risk management, Fraud

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More banks nationalized

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The Bank of Thailand took over First Bangkok City Bank PCL and Siam City Bank PCL and wrote off majority of their capital on Feb 9, 1998. Furthermore, the Bank of Thailand has written off majority of the capital of Bangkok Bank of Commerce PCL and Bangkok Metropolitan Bank PCL. The central bank's actions are raising questions about how much the takeover will cost the government.

Thailand, First Bangkok City Bank PCL, Siam City Bank PCL

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